← Votes·2025-09-11

Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution

Vote ID 178991Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Low importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Procedural or paragraph vote
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+3 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution”. Greens-EFA, Left and NI voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (101 for, 456 against, 30 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a procedural vote — it concerns how Parliament organises its work rather than a substantive policy decision. It is generally of lower public-interest weight, though procedural votes can still signal political alignments.

Result analysis

For

101

Against

456

Abstain

Margin of victory

355 votes

Turnout (cast)

587

Absent

133

Participation rate

81.5%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 8Against 150Abstain 1Absent 26

S&D135 MEPs

For 17Against 81Abstain 4Absent 33

PfE82 MEPs

For 0Against 73Abstain 1Absent 8

ECR82 MEPs

For 0Against 67Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew79 MEPs

For 1Against 61Abstain 2Absent 15

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 25Against 2Abstain 15Absent 11

The Left45 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 16

NI29 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 5Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 2Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

Ireland6
Malta5

Most against

Germany57
France54
Italy49
Poland44
Spain44

Divided delegations

Finland
Slovakia
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 0Against 18Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 12Abstain 0Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 1Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 16Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4

Estonia7 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

France82 MEPs

For 10Against 54Abstain 0Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 11Against 57Abstain 14Absent 14

Greece21 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 9Abstain 1Absent 11

Ireland14 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 1Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 9Against 49Abstain 0Absent 18

Latvia9 MEPs

For 0Against 8Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 8Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 7Against 17Abstain 2Absent 5

Poland53 MEPs

For 0Against 44Abstain 4Absent 5

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 0Against 19Abstain 2Absent 12

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 4Against 7Abstain 1Absent 3

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain60 MEPs

For 6Against 44Abstain 3Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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